Thursday - Rob Cowan with Penelope Keith
With Rob Cowan. Five Reasons to Love Chaconnes; Musical challenge; Artist of the Week: pianist Sviatoslav Richter; Essential Choice: Tippett: Concerto for Double String Orchestra.
With Rob Cowan and his guest, the actress Penelope Keith.
9am
A selection of music including '5 Reasons to Love... Chaconnes'. This fiery Spanish dance has inspired a wide range of works, which Rob explores throughout the week.
9.30am
Take part in our daily musical challenge and identify the personal relationship that connects two pieces of music.
10am
Rob's guest this week is the actress Penelope Keith. A celebrated actress of both stage and screen, Penelope is best known for her roles in the hugely popular sitcoms The Good Life and To The Manor Born. She will be sharing her favourite classical music every day at 10am.
10.30am
This week Rob features recordings by Sviatoslav Richter. Known for his stratospheric technique and fingers of steel, Richter's range of repertoire was vast: from Bach and Handel to Webern and Prokofiev, who dedicated his 9th Piano Sonata to the celebrated pianist. He played as many as 120 concerts a year, and despite his aversion to making records, his discography is among the largest of any pianist of his generation.
11am
Rob's Essential Choice
Tippett
Concerto for Double String Orchestra
Academy of St Martin in the Fields
Neville Marriner (conductor).
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Music Played
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Carl Nielsen
The Jumping Jack (Humoresque-Bagatelles, Op 11)
Performer: Martin Roscoe.- HYPERION.
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Jean Sibelius
Humoresques No.5 in E flat Op.89c & No.6 in G minor Op.89d
Performer: Dong-Suk Kang. Orchestra: Gothenberg Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Neeme J盲rvi. -
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Marc鈥怉ntoine Charpentier
Medee - tragedie mise en musique (H.491), Act 2 sc.7; Chaconne
Director: William Christie. Orchestra: Les Arts Florissants. Singer: Sophie Daneman.- Charpentier: Medee: Les Arts Florissants, William Christie.
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Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
Russian Easter Festival Overture
Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Antal Dor谩ti. -
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Anonymous
Benedicti e laudati
Ensemble: Trio Medi忙val.- ECM.
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Prelude and Fugue in D minor BWV851
Performer: Sviatoslav Richter.- DG.
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Johann Christian Bach
Symphony in D major, Op 18 No 4
Orchestra: Academy of Ancient Music. Conductor: Simon Standage.- CHANDOS.
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William Walton
Film Music for Henry V - The Battle of Agincourt
Conductor: William Walton. Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra.- EMI.
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Leonard Bernstein
Candide 鈥� Overture
Performer: New York Philharmonic. Conductor: Leonard Bernstein.- SONY.
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Sergey Rachmaninov
Six Preludes
Performer: Sviatoslav Richter.- DG.
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Charles Tomlinson Griffes
The Pleasure-Dome of Kubla Khan
Orchestra: Boston Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Seiji Ozawa.- NEW WORLD RECORDS.
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Michael Tippett
Concerto for Double String Orchestra (2nd mvt)
Orchestra: Academy of St Martin in the Fields. Conductor: Neville Marriner.- EMI.
Relative Values
Answer: JS Bach and JC Bach
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The music played:
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Bach
Ich habe genug, BWV 82: 1st mvt
The Tavener Players
Andrew Parrott (conductor)
HYPERION
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JC Bach
Sinfony in G minor: 2nd mvt
Academy of Ancient Music
Simon Standage 9director)
CHACOONE
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